19:52 - SpawdophonikDoes anyone live in an American suburb, if so is it still like this:

19:33 - Marcel Hubregtsebtw if you want to hear some really off the wall covers when compared to the originals listen to this split [link]

19:32 - Marcel HubregtseYeah that's a great cover. Loved at first listen when I got hold of the vinyl version of One in Darkness, Two in Damnation, Three in Death, 2002 - 2007 compilation on their tour in 2013.

10:39 - Ace FrawleyShit, just read this on Twitter: Due to some recent activity that we as individuals have zero tolerance for, Danny Walker is no longer the drummer in Intronaut. What the hell happened?

Disc I01. Age Of The Phoenix02. Rockstars03. Crimson Dawn04. 66 Warriors05. Back Into The Land Of Light06. Sun In The Dark07. Hero On Video08. Valley Of Kingdom09. Killer Gear10. Rockin' Radio11. Terra Liberty12. Eternity13. Space Legends14. Power & Glory

Disc II[digipack exclusive]01. Flame In The Night [performed by Powerworld]02. Hunting High And Low [performed by Downspirit]03. Fairyland [performed by Secret Sphere]04. Palace Of Fantasy [performed by Manimal]05. Land Of Light [performed by Neonfly]06. Warriors [performed by Hannes Braun]

I call myself a big fan of Freedom Call, having enjoyed their early albums such as Eternity but also the quite innovative Legend Of The Shadowking, in which the German band displayed a huge improvement on the songwriting level, even maintaining its typical style. Unfortunately, Land Of The Crimson Dawn is a worrying step backwards in quality.

Aaaaaahhhh! Soooo cheesy. Damn, I know this is Freedom Call but they have undone themselves. The reason why I liked their last album so much was that while it was still kind of cheesy it was more tasteful. But this is just unabashed inglorious cheesiness.

Which might have been a selling point for me once but I'm cringing on a lot of these songs.

At first I thought that only Age of the Phoenix and perhaps Crimson Dawn can be considered as good songs, but after some time I believe now that this entire album is very good. Not as heavy metal as their previous albums and perhaps almost as soft as the last piece from Edguy, but definitely very catchy and I like it much more than the Age of the Joker. The only songs that I don't like so much are Eternity and Space Legends, but that's just personal preference.

What a shame!
After the release of "THE LEGEND OF THE SHADOWKING" I had really good expectations about this one. But after hear it a couple of times...I realize that they change their powerfull metal by a very poor rock and roll.
Sure that the departure of Dan, had to end on this SHAME!
Freedom Call isn't the same without him!

Yes it is a very cheesy album, and I don't think the band take themselves very seriously on a lot of songs here. BUT not every album needs to be all serious and "thinking man's metal", not at all. Very fine and glorious melodies, exciting pacing, nice variety, excellent vocals here and there as well. A fun and easy listen with a positive uplifting factor. Some favorites include "Age Of The Phoenix", "Crimson Dawn", "Back Into The Land Of Light", "Eternity", "Terra Liberty" and "Space Legends". I'm looking forward to my next meeting with Chris and co. Very good album!

This is pretty average by Freedom Call standards (or even Power Metal itself), but there are some decent songs here. Unfortunately, they are very few and far between, but it's still a passable album. Incidentally when I saw the band at Bloodstock the majority of their setlist covered songs from this record, and I distinctly remember enjoying the set a lot.

There are some really terrible songs here ("66 Warriors", "Rockin' Radio"), cringeworthy ones ("Rockstars"), but then there are crackers like the sub-title track and the extra metallic "Terra Liberty". So yeah, it's inconsistent but far from anything bad overall.